The Fate of Place : A Philosophical History /

In this imaginative and comprehensive study, Edward Casey, one of the most incisive interpreters of the Continental philosophical tradition, offers a philosophical history of the evolving conceptualizations of place and space in Western thought. Not merely a presentation of the ideas of other philos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Casey, Edward S., 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Filosofie.
Plaats.
Ruimte (algemeen)
Space and time.
Place (Philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Lieu (Philosophie)
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In this imaginative and comprehensive study, Edward Casey, one of the most incisive interpreters of the Continental philosophical tradition, offers a philosophical history of the evolving conceptualizations of place and space in Western thought. Not merely a presentation of the ideas of other philosophers, The Fate of Place is acutely sensitive to silences, absences, and missed opportunities in the complex history of philosophical approaches to space and place. A central theme is the increasing neglect of place in favor of space from the seventh century A.D. onward, amounting to the vir.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (512 pages).
ISBN:9780520954564

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